Damages Arising from Peri-Natal Injury - Experts & Case Management

Introduction

Peri-natal injury claims are now some of the largest claims that clinical negligence lawyers deal with. The negative discount rate means that a cerebral palsy case may be worth more than £30 million on full liability.

Most of these claims involve consideration of complex medical issues and, if successful, will involve quantification of substantial losses.

This webinar will enable you to instruct the right experts, assess the need for care and case management together with understanding how the courts have approached these cases.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Instruction of experts dealing with life expectancy, clinical presentation and medical need
• How to find the right doctors for the catastrophically injured child
• The need for care and case management and the appropriate expert team to advise you and the lay client
• The use of experts in other relevant therapies
• Overview of the accommodation issues and how to find the appropriate expert support
• How the courts have approached these cases with particular reference to recent decisions
• The instruction of counsel and the need for appropriate input
• Choice and use of appropriate financial advisers and deputyship solicitors as experts and to help the family once the case has concluded
• Tactics for round table meetings

This webinar was recorded on 2nd February 2023